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Date
n.d.
Material
paper; wax paper;
Catalogue Number
104.41.0225
Description
A book of photographic blotter paper. The front is beige in colour with labels and designs. In the top right corner and bottom left corner is a plaid like design, from left to the center is a oval with “Crystal-Brite” in a cursive font and illustration of a book (?). In the top left corner it reads…
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Title
Blotter Book
Date
n.d.
Material
paper; wax paper;
Dimensions
1.3 x 22.9 x 32.1 cm
Description
A book of photographic blotter paper. The front is beige in colour with labels and designs. In the top right corner and bottom left corner is a plaid like design, from left to the center is a oval with “Crystal-Brite” in a cursive font and illustration of a book (?). In the top left corner it reads “PHOTOGRAPHIC BLOTTER BOOK” and in the bottom right corner in a text box it reads “DIRECTIONS FOR USE Place the washed prints face down on the Blotting Paper and remove excess water by passing print roller over them slightly. Then turn print over with picture side to waxed paper. Put book in warm place with some weight on it and allow to dry. Avoid too much weight or heat. MANUFACTURED BY DAVID SPECIALTY CO. CHICAGO”. Inside there is one sheet of loose thick paper folded, the rest of the paper is alternating between paper and waxed paper.
Subject
film photography
photography accessories
photography
Credit
Gift of L. A. E Duncan, Calgary, 1980
Catalogue Number
104.41.0225
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Date
1949 – 1990
Material
metal; leather; glass;
Catalogue Number
104.41.0130
Description
A Linhof Technika 4x5 metal camera. The front panel folds down and has the option to extend beyond 90 degrees - the lens plate mount slides out on tracks and can be adjusted by two gears, extending the bellows. The camera has a Technika Xenar 1:4,5 / 150 lens mounted. The back of the camera also fo…
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Title
Camera
Date
1949 – 1990
Material
metal; leather; glass;
Dimensions
17.7 x 20.5 x 10.2 cm
Description
A Linhof Technika 4x5 metal camera. The front panel folds down and has the option to extend beyond 90 degrees - the lens plate mount slides out on tracks and can be adjusted by two gears, extending the bellows. The camera has a Technika Xenar 1:4,5 / 150 lens mounted. The back of the camera also folds down to show the exposure plate inside the main compartment - on the panel that folds down is some kind of leather hood and a depth of field table printed onto the panel. The main compartment of the camera has a leather handle on the left-hand side, a view-finder and mount for a flash on the right-hand side, another attachment mount and a circular level on the top, and a hole in the bottom where it can be fixed to a tripod - there is a second tripod mount in the front panel.
Subject
Nicholas Morant
photography
camera;
Credit
Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
Catalogue Number
104.41.0130
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Date
1950 – 1970
Material
paper; metal; fabric;
Catalogue Number
104.41.0113
Description
Black camera lens bellows attachment on silver rails. There is no lens fixed into the bellows. Bellows housed inside a fabric draw-string bag.
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Title
Camera Bellows
Date
1950 – 1970
Material
paper; metal; fabric;
Dimensions
16.0 x 15.3 x 10.7 cm
Description
Black camera lens bellows attachment on silver rails. There is no lens fixed into the bellows. Bellows housed inside a fabric draw-string bag.
Subject
Nicholas Morant
photography
camera equipment
Credit
Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
Catalogue Number
104.41.0113
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Date
n.d.
Material
leather; metal; wood
Catalogue Number
104.41.0231
Description
A simple black leather camera case. On the front is a metal clasp, on either short side is two straps (top strap missing on one side), and along the lid of the case is a leather handle. The interior of the case is lined in red leather.
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Title
Camera Case
Date
n.d.
Material
leather; metal; wood
Dimensions
17.1 x 21.2 x 11.5 cm
Description
A simple black leather camera case. On the front is a metal clasp, on either short side is two straps (top strap missing on one side), and along the lid of the case is a leather handle. The interior of the case is lined in red leather.
Subject
camera
photography
photography accessory;
Credit
Gift of L. A. E Duncan, Calgary, 1980
Catalogue Number
104.41.0231
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Date
n.d.
Material
wood; metal
Catalogue Number
104.41.0079
Description
A large tripod with three wooden legs that each contain a metal pole that slides out of the bottom to extend the tripod. Legs are mounted on swivel mounts to fold out and a heavy metal mount with metal arm is at the top to hold a camera. Mount is stamped with “RICHARD SENG CO LTD B.C. CANADA.” Each…
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Title
Camera Tripod
Date
n.d.
Material
wood; metal
Dimensions
96.0 x 24.0 x 12.0 cm
Description
A large tripod with three wooden legs that each contain a metal pole that slides out of the bottom to extend the tripod. Legs are mounted on swivel mounts to fold out and a heavy metal mount with metal arm is at the top to hold a camera. Mount is stamped with “RICHARD SENG CO LTD B.C. CANADA.” Each of the metal legs ends in a small spike.
Subject
Whyte home
photography
Don Harmon
Credit
Gift of Don Harmon, Banff, 1985
Catalogue Number
104.41.0079
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Date
n.d.
Material
wood; leather; metal
Catalogue Number
102.03.0154
Description
A small 3-legged stool with wooden legs that cross each other and are topped with a white leather seat that has pockets for each leg to slot into. Stool folds into a single tube shape.
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Title
Camp Stool
Date
n.d.
Material
wood; leather; metal
Dimensions
35.0 x 30.0 x 30.0 cm
Description
A small 3-legged stool with wooden legs that cross each other and are topped with a white leather seat that has pockets for each leg to slot into. Stool folds into a single tube shape.
Subject
Whyte home
camping
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.03.0154
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Date
1930 – 1960
Material
metal; nickel silver;
Catalogue Number
104.20.1299 a-i
Description
Mostly matching set of nickel silver dining flatware consisting of four forks, two knives [one of which does not match the rest], and three spoons - one is smaller than the other two. The set features decorations of flowers throughout the handles; two bunched together at the end, one in the middle,…
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Title
Dining Flatware
Date
1930 – 1960
Material
metal; nickel silver;
Dimensions
2.1 x 3.6 x 17.6 cm
Description
Mostly matching set of nickel silver dining flatware consisting of four forks, two knives [one of which does not match the rest], and three spoons - one is smaller than the other two. The set features decorations of flowers throughout the handles; two bunched together at the end, one in the middle, and one just below the head with thin decorative lines between them. The one knife that doesn’t match the others has a decorative border around the mostly square handle with scrolls and flowers in the middle - it has a maker’s mark stamped on the blade that looks like “CVO STAINLESS.” Every piece of the set has “ROGERS NICKEL SILVER” stamped on the backs - no information found online.
Subject
dining utensils
utensils
fork
knife
spoon
dining
Credit
Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
Catalogue Number
104.20.1299 a-i
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Date
1920 – 1930
Material
metal;
Catalogue Number
104.20.1295
Description
Metal eggcup with a hollow base and fluted stand below the cup, which has a slightly curved-out lip.
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Title
Eggcup
Date
1920 – 1930
Material
metal;
Dimensions
5.9 cm
Description
Metal eggcup with a hollow base and fluted stand below the cup, which has a slightly curved-out lip.
Subject
kitchen utensils
Credit
Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
Catalogue Number
104.20.1295
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Date
n.d.
Material
metal; paper;
Catalogue Number
104.41.0232 a-e
Description
A set of 5 film holders, 3 identical and the other 2 different. a - c) Three silver metal film holders or double dark slides. Three out of the four edges of the frame are silver with the top of the holders black. The flat handles to the slides alternate on the side and are secured with a piece of c…
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Title
Film Holder
Date
n.d.
Material
metal; paper;
Dimensions
15.5 x 11.2 x 1.2 cm
Description
A set of 5 film holders, 3 identical and the other 2 different. a - c) Three silver metal film holders or double dark slides. Three out of the four edges of the frame are silver with the top of the holders black. The flat handles to the slides alternate on the side and are secured with a piece of copper metal that when pushed against the handle allows for the slide to be moved. On the side of the plate facing outwards, on both slides, is text that reads “PLATE” “LENS” “STOP” “EXPOSURE” “LIGHT” and “SUBJECT”. On the top of the black part of the holder, on each side, is a number stamped. Across all three slides, they are numbered 1-6. b) and c) feature some pencil markings along the exterior of the slide, mostly illegible, but some read “Exposed” “Banff” “Mt. Rundle”.d) An all black film holder. The slide handles are thin metal rods in the middle of the holder. On either side of the top of the holder are stickers, in handwriting one side reads “3” and the other “4”. One the side that has the “3” sticker, along the edges is stamped text which reads “3 1/4 x 4 1/4 GRAFLEX FILM S. PAT 2056144” “MADE IN U.S.A. BY GRAFLEX INC ROCHESTER, N.J.”15.4 x 10.1 x 1.3 cm.e) A film-pack holder with a film pack still in it. Slightly heavier than the other four, this holder features a metal frame with three silver edges on on side. One slide with a black flat handle and is thin. The other side of the holder is a slightly smaller silver metal box that holds the film pack and protrudes outwards slightly. At the top of this box there is black tabs for the film. The tab is black with red writing, along the tab it reads “Pull the Tab Straight Until Red”, a red arrow point towards the top of the tab, “Cross Line Appears; then tear off”, “CANADIAN KODAK DO. LIMITED” in a pointed oval “SAFETY COVER”, “TORONTO, CAN.” 16.8 x 11.2 x 1.8 cm.
Subject
film photography
photography accessories
Kodak
film holders
double dark slides
photography
Credit
Gift of L. A. E Duncan, Calgary, 1980
Catalogue Number
104.41.0232 a-e
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Date
1920 – 1940
Material
glass; plastic; paper;
Catalogue Number
110.01.0288 a,b
Description
Two glass drug store bottles with black plastic caps and paper adhesive labels on the front:a - tall and narrow clear glass bottle with a “KING EDWARD DRUG STORE” paper adhesive label on the front - “Acetone” is typed along the top of the label. Molded onto the back of the bottle are measurement ma…
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Title
Glass Bottles
Date
1920 – 1940
Material
glass; plastic; paper;
Dimensions
12.1 x 2.6 x 4.1 cm
Description
Two glass drug store bottles with black plastic caps and paper adhesive labels on the front:a - tall and narrow clear glass bottle with a “KING EDWARD DRUG STORE” paper adhesive label on the front - “Acetone” is typed along the top of the label. Molded onto the back of the bottle are measurement markers.b - short and narrow brown glass bottle with a “Banff Pharmacy” paper adhesive label on the front - the label has typed instructions for taking tablet medication.
Subject
Crosby family
Abegweit
medicine
drug store
pharmacy
Credit
Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
110.01.0288 a,b
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Date
1898 – 1924
Material
tin; metal; paper;
Catalogue Number
105.03.0036
Description
Small red and gold tin box with a hinged lid containing spare gramophone needles, some of which are held by a small piece of cardboard. Printed on the red lid in gold is a dog looking into the bell of a gramophone with “FULL TONE NEEDLES 300” is printed above and “HIS MASTERS VOICE” below. Manufact…
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Title
Gramophone Needles
Date
1898 – 1924
Material
tin; metal; paper;
Dimensions
1.2 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm
Description
Small red and gold tin box with a hinged lid containing spare gramophone needles, some of which are held by a small piece of cardboard. Printed on the red lid in gold is a dog looking into the bell of a gramophone with “FULL TONE NEEDLES 300” is printed above and “HIS MASTERS VOICE” below. Manufacturer details printed on the bottom of the box, as well as the instruction to only use each needle once. Berliner Gram-O-Phone Co. is the Canadian branch of the of German-based company Deutsche Grammophon, founded by gramophone inventor Emile Berliner and his brother Joseph in Montreal in 1898. Over the next 10 years, Berliner Gram-O-Phone Co. would record and press records, as well as distribute various kinds of gramophones, in Montreal until it was sold in 1924 to the Victor Talking Machine Co.
Subject
music
music equipment
Credit
Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
Catalogue Number
105.03.0036
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Date
prior to 1980
Material
plastic; metal; paper
Catalogue Number
104.41.0223
Description
A black plastic 35mm film loader with orange knobs and cranks. It is tear dropped shaped. On one side of the loader is an orange crank and on the other side is multiple parts. There is an orange knob that turns, an orange latch that twists back and forward to lock the bottom of the film loader in p…
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Title
Loader Film
Date
prior to 1980
Material
plastic; metal; paper
Dimensions
11.1 x 8.1 x 17.6 cm
Description
A black plastic 35mm film loader with orange knobs and cranks. It is tear dropped shaped. On one side of the loader is an orange crank and on the other side is multiple parts. There is an orange knob that turns, an orange latch that twists back and forward to lock the bottom of the film loader in place, an orange knob with numbers from 0 to 35 (in increments of 5), cut into the side is a window to a dial with white numbers on black text, there is a larger orange knob which twists that features orange text reads “OPEN ONLY TO REPLACE BULK FILM”, and and another black flat circle that twists with black text that reads “TO INSERT CASSETTE”, two solid triangles pointed up, and “TO LOAD FILM”. On the bottom of the where the film canister is loaded is a box with text inside, it reads “COMPUTROL 35 mm film loader RESTEM Ltd. T.A. Made in Israel”. There is an instruction manual with the film loader which features lots of text, sketches of the loader, and diagrams of use.
Subject
film photography
photography accessories
35mm film
Computrol
photography
Credit
Gift of L. A. E Duncan, Calgary, 1980
Catalogue Number
104.41.0223
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Date
n.d.
Material
metal; glass
Catalogue Number
104.38.0018
Description
A small metal box with horizontal grooves on one side and vertical on the other. Box slides upon and a round magnifying lens flips up. Side is stamped with “USA Patents Pending. made in Germany.” on the front is “Scoper” and on the back is “Cenei jan u Austin Pat. a”.
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Title
Magnifying Glass
Date
n.d.
Material
metal; glass
Dimensions
5.0 x 6.3 cm
Description
A small metal box with horizontal grooves on one side and vertical on the other. Box slides upon and a round magnifying lens flips up. Side is stamped with “USA Patents Pending. made in Germany.” on the front is “Scoper” and on the back is “Cenei jan u Austin Pat. a”.
Subject
Whyte home
art accessories
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
104.38.0018
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Date
1940 – 1960
Material
metal; tin;
Catalogue Number
102.04.0596
Description
Metal wall-mounted matchbox holder with an opening at the top and another that curves up from the bottom so that boxes can be filled from the top and funnel through to the lower opening. Printed on the front in blue inside a zig-zag border is “CASH OR CREDIT AT MURDOCH’S Staple and Fancy GROCERIES …
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Title
Matchbox Holder
Date
1940 – 1960
Material
metal; tin;
Dimensions
14.5 x 7.0 x 7.1 cm
Description
Metal wall-mounted matchbox holder with an opening at the top and another that curves up from the bottom so that boxes can be filled from the top and funnel through to the lower opening. Printed on the front in blue inside a zig-zag border is “CASH OR CREDIT AT MURDOCH’S Staple and Fancy GROCERIES and PRODUCE Telephone 129 BANFF, ALBERTA.”
Subject
Crosby family
Abegweit
hosehold accessories
Murdoch’s Grocery
Credit
Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
102.04.0596
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Date
1927 – 1946
Material
metal; glass; leather; paper;
Catalogue Number
104.41.0182 a,b
Description
Black leather and silver metal hand-held Ciné-Kodak Model K 16mm film camera with a leather handle and two view finders on top, hand crank and trigger on the right hand side, lens and instruction plate on the front, and a metal switch on the left-hand side that allows the panel to come off in order…
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Title
Movie Camera
Date
1927 – 1946
Material
metal; glass; leather; paper;
Dimensions
12.7 x 6.2 x 23.6 cm
Description
Black leather and silver metal hand-held Ciné-Kodak Model K 16mm film camera with a leather handle and two view finders on top, hand crank and trigger on the right hand side, lens and instruction plate on the front, and a metal switch on the left-hand side that allows the panel to come off in order to access the film reels. Also comes with an instruction manual for “Making the Most” of the camera with more Ciné-Kodak leaflets tucked into the back cover.
Subject
Crosby family
Abegweit
movie camera
motion pictures
Credit
Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
104.41.0182 a,b
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Date
1907 – 1920
Material
metal;
Catalogue Number
102.04.0599 a-e
Description
Two metal Miller Lock Co. padlocks, one larger than the other, and three pieces of metal that serve an unknown purpose. The larger lock has the manufacturer details engraved along the curved arm, “MILLER” engraved in a decorative scroll on the body above the key hole, and “EIGHT LEVER” engraved bel…
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Title
Padlock
Date
1907 – 1920
Material
metal;
Dimensions
1.1 x 6.2 x 9.4 cm
Description
Two metal Miller Lock Co. padlocks, one larger than the other, and three pieces of metal that serve an unknown purpose. The larger lock has the manufacturer details engraved along the curved arm, “MILLER” engraved in a decorative scroll on the body above the key hole, and “EIGHT LEVER” engraved below the key hole. The smaller lock has “MILLER” in a decorative scroll and “3-LEVER” engraved above the key hole. Both locks have several brass studs throughout the fronts and backs. The three extra metal pieces all have small holes drilled in them, two are longer and tapered at one end and curve in a semi-circle, the third is mostly flat with the two long sides folded up and towards the center and has a small hook at one short end.
Subject
locks
protection devices
Credit
Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
Catalogue Number
102.04.0599 a-e
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Date
1920 – 1930
Material
metal; aluminum;
Catalogue Number
104.20.1293
Description
Small aluminum pepper shaker with a narrow weighted base, wide central body, and tapered top with a screw-cap covered in holes throughout. The top of the cap and the interior stained pale brown. Shaker is empty.
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Title
Pepper Shaker
Date
1920 – 1930
Material
metal; aluminum;
Dimensions
6.6 cm
Description
Small aluminum pepper shaker with a narrow weighted base, wide central body, and tapered top with a screw-cap covered in holes throughout. The top of the cap and the interior stained pale brown. Shaker is empty.
Subject
kitchen utensils
seasonings
house ware
Credit
Gift of Bill Mather, Edmonton, 1991
Catalogue Number
104.20.1293
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Date
1922
Material
cardboard; paper;
Catalogue Number
104.41.0224
Description
A heavy beige box of photographic paper. The box is plain with little branding, one label on the top and a label along one side that connects to the bottom of the box. The label on the lid is black text in a square, it reads “OPEN ONLY IN PHOTOGRAPHIC DARK ROOM SENSITIZED PAPER”, a black line, and …
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Title
Photographic Paper
Date
1922
Material
cardboard; paper;
Dimensions
9.2 x 18.7 x 15.5 cm
Description
A heavy beige box of photographic paper. The box is plain with little branding, one label on the top and a label along one side that connects to the bottom of the box. The label on the lid is black text in a square, it reads “OPEN ONLY IN PHOTOGRAPHIC DARK ROOM SENSITIZED PAPER”, a black line, and “Manufactured by Canadian Kodak Co., Limited TORONTO, CANADA”. The other label is coloured with a white background, blue banner, and green text which reads “GLOSSY DOUBLE WEIGHT 500 POST CARDS AZO F No. 4”. In the blue banner with a black border in white text reads “No. 4 FOR EXTREMELY FLAT NEGATIVES”. There is a stamped text that reads “EXPIRES JULY 1, 1922”. The bottom part of the label that is on the bottom of the box reads “500 POST CARDS AZO F No. 4 GLOSSY DOUBLE WEIGHT”. The bottom of the box features so handwriting and a stamped text that reads “5510 7034 46”. Inside the box is lots of post card photographic paper, some is wrapped in black paper.
Subject
film photography
photographic paper
Kodak
photography accessories
post cards
photography
Credit
Gift of L. A. E Duncan, Calgary, 1980
Catalogue Number
104.41.0224
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Date
1950 – 1980
Material
fabric; paper; plastic;
Catalogue Number
104.41.0120
Description
Various manuals pertaining to camera, lens, and light settings/instructions housed in a white fabric pouch with the Canadian National Railway “CN” logo printed in black on the front.
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Title
Photography Manuals
Date
1950 – 1980
Material
fabric; paper; plastic;
Dimensions
2.1 x 5.5 x 21.3 cm
Description
Various manuals pertaining to camera, lens, and light settings/instructions housed in a white fabric pouch with the Canadian National Railway “CN” logo printed in black on the front.
Subject
Nicholas Morant
instructions
directions
photography
Canadian National Railway
Credit
Gift of Nicholas Morant, Banff, 2006
Catalogue Number
104.41.0120
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Date
1940 – 1970
Material
cardboard; plastic; metal;
Catalogue Number
104.45.0066
Description
Black plastic “OAKVILLE PIN HOLDER” in its original yellow cardboard box. The pin holder consists of a two-tiered body on a wider sloped base - the lower compartment contains the pins and the upper piece is pressed down on a spring, which funnels a pin through a hole on the top, allowing it to be p…
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Title
Pin Holder
Date
1940 – 1970
Material
cardboard; plastic; metal;
Dimensions
6.5 x 6.8 x 9.3 cm
Description
Black plastic “OAKVILLE PIN HOLDER” in its original yellow cardboard box. The pin holder consists of a two-tiered body on a wider sloped base - the lower compartment contains the pins and the upper piece is pressed down on a spring, which funnels a pin through a hole on the top, allowing it to be pulled out. The top consists of a cap that can be snapped off by pressing a small metal lever in order to access the pin compartment. The yellow cardboard box contains manufacturer information and instructions throughout the outside.
Subject
Crosby family
Abegweit
sewing equipment
homewares
household items
Credit
Gift of Robert Crosby Family, Banff, 1998
Catalogue Number
104.45.0066
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